
When the Stones Speak
The Remarkable Discovery of the City of David and What Israel's Enemies Don't Want You to Know
Hachette Nashville · Print & ebook · May 13, 2025
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This is the untold story of the rediscovery of the ancient City of David in Jerusalem and the powerful evidence that proves the Jewish people’s historical and indigenous connection to the Holy Land.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk blend of archaeology, biblical resonance, and Israeli place-making.
- Genres
- Israel & Palestine History, Jewish History, Archaeology
- Published
- Hachette Nashville, May 13, 2025
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This is the untold story of the rediscovery of the ancient City of David in Jerusalem and the powerful evidence that proves the Jewish people’s historical and indigenous connection to the Holy Land. Since the founding of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people have faced nine wars against multiple enemies. Yet, beyond the physical conflicts, a deeper ideological battle has been waged against Israel and the Jewish people.
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This war, crafted by certain Arab leaders and echoed by international organizations like the United Nations, seeks to erase the Jewish people’s ancestral ties to the land, casting them as outsiders, imposters, and “settlers.” One thing, however, stands in the way of the denialists: the 3,800-year history of the City of David, a site lying just south of the Old City. Archeologists at the site are unearthing evidence that proves the Jewish people’s origin story in the land for over three millennia. Every shovel of dirt reveals that while others may claim to be indigenous to Jerusalem, the Jewish people are, in fact, more indigenous to the Land of Israel than perhaps any other group living anywhere in the world. This is the timely story of those who transformed City of David from a neglected hilltop village into one of the most important archeological heritage sites in the world, while facing powerful global institutions and terror groups that would do almost anything to keep this truth hidden. Highly relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book foreshadows the events and historical denialism that unfolded with Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Stones Speak
A brisk blend of archaeology, biblical resonance, and Israeli place-making.
Come here for
- City of David intrigue
- Bible-and-history overlap
Expect
- Cultural-literacy payoff
- Faith-and-history tension
Where it sits
| Israel & Palestine History | 77% |
|---|---|
| Archaeology | 46% |
| Jewish History | 37% |
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Publisher categories
- Israel & Palestine History
- Religion & Politics
- Jewish History
- Authors
- Doron Spielman
- Publisher
- Hachette Nashville
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Israel & Palestine History